Psychohistory of Metaphors

How have figures of speech configured new concepts of time, space, and mind throughout history? Brian J. McVeigh answers this question in A Psychohistory of Metaphors: Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries by exploring "e;meta-framing:"e; our ever-increasing capability to "e;step back"e; from the environment, search out its familiar features to explain the unfamiliar, and generate "e;as if"e; forms of knowledge and metaphors of location and vision. This book demonstrates how analogizing and abstracting have altered spatio-visual perceptions, expanding our introspective capabilities and allowing us to adapt to changing social circumstances.